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> >Subject: [ZOOARCH] query > From: Salima Ikram <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2008 18:32:52 +0200 > To: [log in to unmask] > >Can one do DNA on leather to determine what animal it is from, or does >the tanning process compromise the DNA? > >Salima Ikram >Professor of Egyptology >American University in Cairo >[log in to unmask] It seems that nuclear DNA is destroyed, while mtDNA survives. http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=18632595 So it should be possible to use DNA barcoding to identify what animal tanned leather comes from. Richard